Guitar Hero 5 - Challenges

Here is a list of all the Challenges to help you get Gold, Platinum, & Diamond records (6, 7, & 8 stars) for each song in Guitar Hero 5

This table has one extra column which obviously is not in the game. The Extra "Minimum Difficulty" column is exactly what it says.
It basically specifies what if the lowest difficulty you can play that instruments challenge, and still be able to get the Diamond record (3 bonus stars).
This is very useful when the requirements for a song require a minimum note streak AND/OR a total amount of notes hit.

A couple other notes:

Most Vox song Challenges that require a phrase/note streak, almost (or do) require you to FC the song for the Diamond record.

Challenges that require a time spent at a 4x Multipler, can just be done on Easy too.
You can also use Star Power to double your 2x streak to 4x, which counts towards the challenge.

I'm sure as time goes on (particularly after some note charts are seen, where specific notes can be counted) more of this table will be completed.
If you have any suggestions, please send TheDave a PM through the forum, and he can update this page for you if you are not comfortable editing the HTML table that had to be used for this page.
Or you can just edit this wiki page yourself.

The 13th Rail

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Song 2

Full Band

total score

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

They Say

Drums

total snare notes hit

200

235

245

Hard

Gamma Ray

Bass

total notes hit (up strums only)

340

540

695

Expert

In My Place

Guitar

total whammy time (seconds)

30

40

80

Feel Good Inc.

Vox

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

30

60

120

All Along The Watchtower

Drums

total snare notes hit

285

300

325

Hard

Sympathy For The Devil

Full Band

total time of 2x BAND multiplier (seconds)

86

172

345

Sponsor Challenge #1 (Any Song)

Guitar

total chords strummed

100

250

400

Club Boson

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Steady, As She Goes

Drums

total kick notes hit

100

220

390

Blue Day

Bass

total score - While Under Star Power

15,000

30,000

60,000

Gratitude

Guitar

total tap notes hit

15

24

35

Expert

Sowing Season (Yeah)

Bass

total notes (up strums only)

300

400

475

Expert

Only Happy When It Rains

Vox

Refill Star Power %

75%

100%

135%

Blue Orchid

Drums

total kick notes hit

100

200

300

Hurts So Good

Guitar

total whammy time (seconds)

15

25

35

Sponsor Challenge #2 (Any Song)

Vox

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

75

100

150

Sponsor Challenge #3 (Any Song)

Guitar

total score

50,000

125,000

175,000

Sideshow

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Play That Funky Music

Guitar

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

50

100

200

Fame

Vox

Nail the descending "fames" at the end

5

20

24

Ex-Girlfriend

Guitar

total whammy time (seconds)

30

50

70

Cigarettes, Wedding Bands

Bass

total score - While Under Star Power

40,000

60,000

90,000

Woman From Tokyo ('99 Remix)

Full Band

total score - While Under Star Power

312,500

625,000

1,250,000

Under Pressure

Vox

total score

50,000

85,000

115,000

Sex On Fire

Full Band

Refill Star Power %

300%

450%

800%

Sponsor Challenge #4 (Any Song)

Guitar

total score

80,000

110,000

150,000

Sponsor Challenge #5 (Any Song)

Drums

Refill Star Power %

150%

200%

250%

Easy

Angel's Crypt

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Kryptonite

Drums

Highest Note Streak

50

150

300

Easy

Send A Little Love Token

Vox

total score

20,000

40,000

80,000

Mirror People

Drums

total snare+low tom combos

200

275

315

Hard

Comedown

Vox

Highest Phrase / Note Streak

24

34

44

Never Miss A Beat

Guitar

Highest Note Streak

125

200

400

Hard

Dancing With Myself

Guitar

Highest Note Streak

130

200

400

Easy

Shout It Out Loud

Full Band

total time of 2x BAND multiplier (seconds)

45

75

150

Sponsor Challenge #6 (Any Song)

Bass

total score

50,000

100,000

200,000

O'Connell's Corner

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

You Give Love A Bad Name

Full Band

total score

875,000

1,750,000

3,500,000

In The Meantime

Bass

total HO/PO's hit

60

215

380

You And Me

Drums

total score - While Under Star Power

20,000

40,000

60,000

L.A.

Bass

total HO/PO's hit

4

50

95

Make It Wit Chu

Drums

total score

150,000

250,000

315,000

Plug In Baby

Full Band

Refill Star Power %

200%

400%

700%

Superstition

Guitar

total tap notes hit

300

415

580

Sultans Of Swing

Guitar

total chords strummed

340

550

610

Sponsor Challenge #7 (Any Song)

Bass

Highest Note Streak

100

200

300

The Aqueduct

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Why Bother?

Guitar

Alt-Strum total notes

225

275

345

Expert

Jailbreak

Full Band

Refill Star Power %

350%

500%

1,000%

The Rock Show

Drums

Highest Note Streak

50

75

150

Easy

Bleed American

Full Band

total time of 2x BAND multiplier (seconds)

42

82

165

Hungry Like The Wolf

Vox

total score

50,000

80,000

100,000

Looks That Kill

Guitar

Alt-Strum total notes

500

600

800

Hard

Sponsor Challenge #8 (Any Song)

Bass

total score - While Under Star Power

30,000

50,000

80,000

Sponsor Challenge #9 (Any Song)

Drums

total score

125,000

200,000

350,000

Medium

Guitarhenge

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Lonely Is The Night

Guitar

total whammy time (seconds)

25

45

65

Wannabe In LA

Bass

Refill Star Power %

75%

101%

126%

Nearly Lost You

Drums

total score - While Under Star Power

20,000

40,000

60,000

Medium

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Guitar

Refill Star Power %

225%

300%

350%

Lithium (Live)

Vox

Refill Star Power %

100%

200%

290%

All The Pretty Faces

Full Band

total time of 2x BAND multiplier (seconds)

60

120

240

Sponsor Challenge #10 (Any Song)

Drums

Highest Note Streak

100

200

300

Neon Oasis

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

20th Century Boy

Guitar

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

35

70

135

What I Got

Vox

Highest Phrase / Note Streak

15

30

45

A-Punk

Bass

Refill Star Power %

75%

100%

130%

Seven

Drums

Highest Note Streak

75

175

350

Easy

Bring The Noise 20XX

Vox

Highest Phrase / Note Streak

40

60

75

Du Hast

Guitar

total tap notes hit

200

230

295

Sponsor Challenge #11 (Any Song)

Drums

Highest Note Streak

200

300

500

Electric Honky Tonk

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Ring Of Fire

Vox

total score - While Under Star Power

10,000

25,000

40,000

Disconnected

Guitar

Highest Note Streak

150

250

600

Medium

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

Bass

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

50

100

200

One Big Holiday

Guitar

total HO/PO's hit

200

350

480

We're An American Band

Drums

Refill Star Power %

175%

225%

250%

Sponsor Challenge #12 (Any Song)

Guitar

total whammy time (seconds)

15

30

40

Calvera Square

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Incinerate

Drums

total kick notes hit

280

640

760

Maiden, Mother & Crone

Bass

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

70

100

200

Wolf Like Me

Guitar

Alt-Strum total notes

900

1300

1600

Expert

So Lonely

Vox

total score

60,000

80,000

120,000

No One To Depend On (Live)

Guitar

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

35

75

160

Runnin' Down A Dream

Guitar

total whammy time (seconds)

30

60

80

Sponsor Challenge #13 (Any Song)

Bass

total score

100,000

150,000

250,000

Cairo Bazaar

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Saturday Night's Alright (For Fighting)

Full Band

total score

1,500,000

3,000,000

6,000,000

Younk Funk

Guitar

total score

100,000

175,000

225,000

Sneak Out

Drums

total score - While Under Star Power

10,000

25,000

42,500

Streamline Woman

Guitar

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

40

90

160

Back Round

Bass

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

70

100

190

Medicate

Vox

total score - While Under Star Power

20,000

35,000

50,000

Sponsor Challenge #14 (Any Song)

Drums

Refill Star Power %

175%

225%

275%

Easy

The Golden Gate

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Six Days A Week

Bass

total notes hit (up strums only)

600

730

850

Expert

American Girl

Guitar

Highest Note Streak

200

400

650

Medium

Judith

Full Band

total score - While Under Star Power

500,000

1,000,000

2,000,000

Deadbolt

Bass

total open bass notes hit

75

125

164

Brianstorm

Drums

total toms hit

180

265

460

2 Minutes To Midnight

Vox

Highest Phrase / Note Streak

20

40

58

Sponsor Challenge #15 (Any Song)

Guitar

total score

100,000

175,000

250,000

Fjord of Swords

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

Lust For Life (Live)

Guitar

Highest Note Streak

100

375

600

Easy

Sweating Bullets

Full Band

total time of 2x BAND multiplier (seconds)

50

90

110

Do You Feel Like We Do? (Live)

Guitar

total HO/PO's hit

250

800

1160

Demon(s)

Bass

total open bass notes hit

180

300

339

Scatterbrain (Live)

Guitar

total time of 4x multiplier (seconds)

40

90

190

Done With Everything, Die For Nothing

Guitar

Highest Note Streak

150

400

600

Easy

The Spirit Of Radio (Live)

Full Band

total score - While Under Star Power

437,500

875,000

1,750,000

Hypersphere

Instrument

Requirement

Gold

Platinum

Diamond

MinimumDifficulty

21st Century Schizoid Man

Guitar

total tap notes hit

100

150

290

Sponsor Challenge #16 (Any Song)

Full Band

total score

2,500,000

5,000,000

10,000,000

Sponsor Challenge #1 - Recommended songs:

none yet

Sponsor Challenge #2 - Recommended songs:

none yet

Sponsor Challenge #3 - Recommended songs:

none yet

Sponsor Challenge #4 - Recommended songs:

none yet

Sponsor Challenge #5 - Recommended songs:

Sympathy for the Devil - Lots of SP. If you can stay awake, you'll easily get this

Sponsor Challenge #6 - Recommended songs:

none yet

Sponsor Challenge #7 - Recommended songs:

none yet

Sponsor Challenge #8 - Recommended songs:

none yet

Sponsor Challenge #9 - Recommended songs:

Sultans of Swing - rather easy song; length ensures lots of points. An FC on Medium can barely squeak it out, but Hard can put your score way above 350k.